Hi,
I’ve written a script that lets you convert the output of help skill foo in RetroMUD to the wikidot syntax and formats it like the existing pages. It’s a sed script, so if you have a Unix system (e. g. some Linux distro), you can run it. How to use: download retrowikify.sed below (click on ‘Files’ for the link) and
- Do help skill foo in RetroMUD.
- Copy the output, beginning with the first non-empty line after 'Help for skill:' and until the last line of the description.
- Run sed -f retrowikify.sed | dd ibs=8192 in a terminal.
- Paste what you copied, in the terminal. Hit enter if you didn’t copy the last linebreak. Hit ctrl-D after pasting.
- Copy the output of the script, paste it into the edit box on the wiki and adjust as needed.
It’s faster than the description makes it sound, really, and saves a lot of typing. I’m using GNU sed, no idea if this works with others, too.
The creation of a better script is left as an exercise for the enthusiastic reader.





